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F. ENGLOT.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION men FEB. 4, 1919.

Patented July 8, 1919.

INVENTOR FELIX ENG-LOT, OF LEMBERG, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

BAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1919.

Application filed February 4, 1919. Serial No. 274,855.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FELIX ENGLOT, a citizenof England, residing at Lemberg, Prov. of Saskatchewan, and Dom. ofCanada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for securing theabutting ends of railroad rails firmly together.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means whereby theabutting ends of track rails may be firmly secured without use of fishplates, bolts or other like mechanical devices, the ends of the railsbeing so united as to resist tensional strains tending toward separationand also to provide against lateral strains whereby the rail ends mightbecome out of alinement.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in whichFigure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a pair of abuttingrails and indicating the manner of their connection.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the end of one of the abuttingrails, and

Fig. 3 is a similar perspective view showing the end of the adjoiningrail.

Referring to the drawings, a conventional type of rail is indicated, thesame comprising a head 10, stem 11 and flange base 12.

Formed vertically through the center of the head of one of the rails isa dove-tailed mortise having a rear wall 14:, the extending portions 15being coincident with the extremity 16 of the base while the wall 14 isin vertical alinement with the rear or shoulders 17 of the lateralrecesses in the base 12, the projection 18 therebetween being narrowerat its point of connection with the wall 17, than at its outer edge 16forming a dovetailed tenon.

Formed in the shortened end of the web of stem 11 of the rail is avertical shaped recess 19.

The opposite rail has its head 10 formed with the tenon 20, its angularsides 21 being fitted to engage between the projections 15, while itsstraight, outer face 22 is engageable with the rear wall 142 of themortise in the abutting rail head 10.

Extending downward in register with the surface 22 is the front edge 23of the end of the stem 11 of the rail, its beveled sides 2% beingengageable within the corresponding vertical angular recesses 19 of thestem 11 of the adjacent rail, and slightly overhanging the wall 25 ofthe mortise formed in the base 12, this mortise being adapted to receivethe tenon 18 formed with the base 12, while the extreme ends 26 of therail, on either side of the mortise 27, are in vertical alinement withthe projecting tenon 22, and make con tact with the surfaces 17 of thebase 12.

The peculiar shape in the ends of the rails is formed either byprocesses of forging or machining and it will be obvious that when theparts are interlocked, lateral motion of one of the rails, relative tothe other is absolutely prevented, as well as separation of the rails inthe direction of their length.

Thus this simple device may be safely used in securing the abutting endsof rails without drilling or weakening the stems or flanges, presentinga relatively level, well supported surface over which a car wheel maypass without ar, causing vibration to the car, while the interlockingelements serve to hold the contiguous rails firmly and closely united.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In rail joint device, the combination with a pair of running railscomprising heads. stems and flanged bases, of a clovetailed recessforn'ied in the head of one of said rails, a. vertical V shaped grooveformed in the stem of said rail, and a dovetailed tenon extending fromthe base of said rail, the inner end of said tenon and the bottom ofsaid recess being in vertical alinement, a corresponding tenon formedwith the head of the mating rail, a beveled edge formed with the stem ofsaid mating rail, and a dove-tailed recess formed in the flange of saidmating rail, said dove-tailed recess being receptive of thecorresponding tenon in the first named rail whereby the two rails areheld against relative lateral movement and against longitudinalseparation.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

FELIX ENGLOT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

